We be devotin' full time to floatin'

[om_nom_namur]

Who: Spades!
Where: Aquatica Paradise
When: Nov 5- ???
What: Waterpark Paradise!
Warnings: Language, violence, UST- all the usuals
Style: Any
Status: OPEN!!!

With the nightmares finally subsided, the Spades weigh anchor at the next island. Thankfully, the entire thing is full of water parks! Your generous Commanders will find a way to work out a deal with one of the medium sized parks on the waterfront for an extended stay pass- discounted, of course, since they'll be buying in bulk, but if you want to go to the other ones you'll do it on your own coin- or have to sneak in. Make sure to read the island description, there's a TON of things to do here! Catchalls, dated threads, etc, whatever. Just jump in, have fun, and to hell with fiddly particulars. I have no idea how long we'll be here.

Comments

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie's blush doesn't seek to be going anywhere, especially with a question like that*

Namuuuur! Can you even ask questions like that?

*Cause really she doesn't know the ettiquette of talking about these kinds of things*

And hey - how come you're the one that's blushing?

[om_nom_namur]

Jus' did! [And that just makes it worse.] 'S cuz my Ma, she- oh hell, what is it y' humans call it? Family resemblance? 'S what it is. She blushes all the damn time too but nobody notices so much cuz she's pink like a coral. But they notice on me cuz I'm blue an' it sticks out like a shitty salmon. Jus' happens. So shut up an' tell me 'bout Ikki. Y' hookin' up 'gain or jus' bein' awkward? [Cuz that request totally makes sense.]

[booyaka_boom]

Aww - your mom is pink? That's so cute. But you do not blush all the time. I know that.

*She scoots a little closer to him and pokes his cheek, quite happy to distract the conversation from herself. But when he asks the question again she concentrated on brushing some specks of sand from her knee*

What? I - well, it's complicated - and anyway, it's private so...

[om_nom_namur]

[Namur closes the eye closest to where she poked, wrinkling his nose.]

A'ight, fine. 'S private. But y' oughta if y' ain't. Cuz y' if y' love each other there ain't no reason not t'.

[He lets himself chuckle, a little heavier than usual.]

Ma's a lotta things but I dunno that I'd call her cute. Sheheheh! Color's where they got her name from though. Sango. She's an orphan so who the hell knows what her official name'd be, an' really it don't matter cuz a name's jus' somethin' for people t' call y', y' know? So she's pink an' Sal's kinda brown like sand an' the older li'l shits is brown cuz they're half human an' then Tao's green. We don't look like each other but we smell kinda like each other an' act like each other in a family, y' know?

[booyaka_boom]

Well...We at least hang out more now...which is nice.

*Selphie leaves it at that as she clears her throat, allowing Namur to guess from that whatever he might like. She sits up when he talks about his family, looking interested*

Your mom is an orphan? But she has a family now - so that's all that matters. I wanna be like that one day too! But wow - that sounds like a pretty colourful family!

[om_nom_namur]

Mm. I'm her only spawn but the place I'm from used t' be a giant orphanage 'til they shut it down. But people kept bringin' their babies an' jus' leavin' 'em there when they wasn't wanted an' some a 'em managed t' survive an' kinda help the others 'long, so now there's a bigass city down there. Ma likes t' get 'round but I guess after me she got more careful, sheheheh! But she's always bringin' in other li'l shits t' the house an' helpin' 'em live. Hell, count all them then I got brothers an' sisters I don't even know 'bout. 'S how Sal wound up there though. She was livin' on the surface hidin' that she's a mermaid 'til she got herself knocked up by some human passin' through an' then realized there mighta been a thing or two the doc'd notice come spawnin' time, sheheh! So she calls me up an' asks me t' take her down t' the Island only she ain't got no family or nothin' so Ma said she'd take her in, an' that's what happened. Told Marius an' Mizuko when people give 'em shit 'bout bein' half breeds t' remind 'em I'm their Pop an' if people still gives 'em shit 's jus' cuz they take after me from the waist down an' their Ma from the waist up. Sheheheh! 'S creepy seein' 'em side by side cuz they do look 'zactly the same almost an' that ain't... how seafolk usually turn out, even if they's twins.

[He shakes his head like he's still trying to figure out how to accept it.]

[booyaka_boom]

So many orphan babies that it's a city?

*Selphie frowns a little unhappily at that - that just wasn't fair*

But that's really great that your mom would do that. Cause...all those people - they might be all lost and sad and all sorts of bad stuff otherwise...

*She doesn't look particularly comfortable at the thought of people being knocked up and left to deal with the baby on their own, all the same. Still, she does finally smile at him*

So I guess back home you have a kinda big family, in a way?

[om_nom_namur]

Yeah. But the District ain't... Mean. There ain't nothin' wrong with bein' from the District, y' know? But. 'S a shitty place. People like Ma ain't common, so y' gotta be tough as teeth.

[Namur lays back slowly, shifting his fin so it won't hurt, and puts his arms behind his head.]

What's yer family like? Or where yer from or whatever.

[booyaka_boom]

Your mom must be really awesome. And she raised you - so that's proof too!

*Selphie watches Namur as he lies back down, but to answer the question she looked out across the water*

I don't have a family. At least, not in the way people usually mean it. I grew up in an orphanage, so my family are really my best friends who I was there with. And there was Matron, who used to look after us. So, I wasn't alone at least but... I have no idea who my mom and dad were. And no one ever chose to adopt me. So... parents isn't something I ever really had, and I always wondered what they might be like.